Yep, the Crown is their own character, not a self-insert or an OC that you made up from scratch!! They have an established backstory and an established range of personality traits, and this was a purposeful choice 💖
It allows me to give the Crown actual proper character development and a character arc, instead of what you see in a lot of other IFs where the main character is a blank slate and a passive observer that doesn't actually affect the story in any way beyond superficial dialogue 😘
Totally valid if it's not your cup of tea, glad you still enjoyed what you did read!